Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Texas instead of Turkey, you would:
Economy
make 2.0 times more money
Turkey has a GDP per capita of $34,400 as of 2023, while in Texas, the GDP per capita is $70,071 as of 2024.
be 58.6% less likely to be unemployed
In Turkey, 9.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Texas, that number is 3.9% as of 2025.
be 12.5% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Turkey, 14.4% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In Texas, however, that number is 12.6% as of 2023.
Basic Needs
be 11.2% more likely to have internet access
In Turkey, approximately 81.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Texas, about 90.1% do as of 2023.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey), Bureau of Economic Analysis.
